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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02
STORMS AND STREETS.

Last Saturday the weather and the state OF
tho New-Yorli streets were both exceptional,
as all who were out will promptly testify, but
the condition OF the streets when the snow
turned to rain was 20 amazingly bad that the
Oldest inhabitant must have been forcbly re-
minded Of that period OF his youth when every
tody was obliged TO wear high boots regularly
from fall 10 spring, and nobody expected to
cross street without plunging into mud.
sush or snow wafer at least ankle deep. Satur-
,lays storm, however, illustrated the theory
upon which Our Street Department is conduct
cd in striking way, and rs thousands of pco-
pie went home that wre'ched night with sat
uralcd foot-gcar, and the materials for yigor-
Gus colds or lively attacks of pneumonia. It is
not probable that this Illustration Will be lost
sight Of Immediately. The fact brought fore
IDLY home to all Newly oriScrs who were in the
streets on Saturday is the inability of the
Street Department TO meet emergencies
Never was it more impcrativcly necessary that
the streets should bc clcal ed and made pass-
| able than on that day and never was the flu
| ulity Of the Department work more conspic-
uouIy demonstrated
The most aggravating point about il il that
|
with the situation. A few Italians were sent
out here and there TO open the cutters and
clear The traps. but that was all that was done.
True to the traditional contempt with which
Ncw-York officials treat the Ncw-Yorls public.
the rights. needs and convenience Of the latter
were wholly ignored. They were left to wade
and founder through the slush and snow water
as they could. Not a crossing was swept clear
| on any street. Women and children were COM
PEELED TO plunge deep into the icy
muddy food, and having chilled Themselves Ia
tho bone were forced to continue in that stale
from half an hour 10 an hour, according TO thclI
distance from home. So far as any Of the com
forts Of civilized city residence were concerned
the people Of New-York on Saturday Nigh,
j,l,t as well have been out on the prlirics Of
the Northwest. And yet We pay on All average
100000 month for the street service which
at the most critical juncturcs is withheld from
rs altogether. SO accustomed has this public
become 10 being imposed upon, moreover. tina
it accuses everything and everybody but tn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02
PAINTINGS BY MR.. w. N. CHASE.

There is shown Mt Moore's Art Galleries, No. 200
Fitth-ave collection OF 1913 oils waters and pastels
by Mr. w. NJ Chase, which form the best presentatiD On
of this artists entertaining work that we have had in
thus city. OF these ctures, studies and sketches
ninety eight to DO sold at auction tonight and
evening, and the remainder have been loaned
by some OF many who have been quick to appreciate
Mr.. Chase's vi,auty OF and sensitive feeling
tor color No OF those who still called tho
younger artists has become better known to visitors
TO our exhibitions aud no one, rs this collection
the Ready tor the Ride" owned by the Union League
Club nor the Apprentice Is exhibited, but the wide
range OF tho collection leaves little to be desired and
IL includes many pictures which will be recognized
as enlyening features Of various exhibitions There
are portraits aud figure studies in oil and pastel
studio interiors rich In hangn2s, brasses and brica
brao oil all sorts, flower and still lite studies shore
views marincs Landscapes, genres Of various kinds
and plain air Effects all clearly the work OF painter
VINO loves to paint. We have had no more brilliant
exempiC alton by American OF the at which rests
ut ot its materials Within the wide limits OF the
collection find lessons learned at Munich and
from the paintings of Velasquez, slight traces OF study
ri, on the works OF the great Venetian coOrsts, and
abundant evidences OF ~ mpathy with certain modern
Pa.isian painters with the symphonies OF Whistler
and with some phases OF modern Holland art
Perhaps Whistler is more strongly suggested than
any one artist when We come To note the sym
phonio portraits. the Lady in White" tho I. ar
gray, red against green, or blacx against pink,
but the finely modelled eoloring OF some costume
studies may possiol recall Alfred Stevens and GER
tain outdoor effects Ike the Prospect Park" De
Militia The Lunch at the Seaside" in its present
state may r,oal kaemmer~rs Close OF tho Season"
but whatever associations motel indicating the
variety OF this collection, We must note also tina
and Q rare facility To subtle we'll as audacious
effects OF COLOR both personal the artist And to
these qualities No mast add IN equally. persistent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02

United States and the King of the Tongan
Ieianls. The object Of it seems to lie to pro
vide American vessels sailing the Pacific WIN
a coaling station and place for repairs. Ger
tainly we have no trade relations at present
with Tonga and Its aged King George nor arc
we likely to have until tho Tongans cease 10 10
bowling savases and raise something worm
exporting. But Great Britain and Germany
have coaling stations there, and perhaps 1t Is
worth while for US to follow their example
Evidently Mr.. Bayard is greatly impressed with
the importance Of so doing. For the bene1it
Of those unhappy Americans who don't know
exactly where Tonga Is we refer them to a
group OF islands in the Pacific Ocean nearly a
thousand miles northeast of New-Zealand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02
,yJrpTOUS SPECIAL LEGISLATION

Asscmblyman Shea Is one of tho Democratic
politcians who talk loudly in favor OF home
rule I'm Ncw-York but regularly vote against
il in Albany. JIG apparently desires 10 gain a
cpu.a,ion by The number Of bills whi,h he
introduces. IN violation Of tho principle that
his party processes to support Last week
be asked 20 have bill sent to com
mittce to which II did not belong for the reason
that "hc had so many bills before the Com
mittcc on Cities that he was ashamed to have
anv more referred to It," The taxpayers IN
New York will lie agrccably surprised to learn
that Mr.. Shea ever experiences feeling oil
shame. lie certainly does not show any cN-
dcnccs Of it IN his frequent assaults on the
city treasury
It is matter Of little consequence how many
bills Mr. Shea introduces. providing the Legs
lature docs not pass them. Unfortunately.
in It's ignorance Of local matters and desire TO
crafty fcllow-mcmbcr. the Legislature shows
n disposition to pass some Of these unjust meas
nrcs. One which was adopted by the Assem-
lly recently is specimen Of the class 1t
conpcls the city to pay damages to properly
owners in tho annexed district for the expense
and trouble they are put to by the grading OF
streets. ms Is m cntlIc NNCIsdi vi wv b"''N'
of ;hc statutes under which streets have been
graded heretofore. There are many miles OF
old roads and cow paths in the annexed dis
trict running up and down hi lsldes which must
lie graded and paved az the population in the
district increases This will he n benefit 10 The
district and particularly TO the property adjoin-
ING. which. under the policy Of the statutes, has
icen assessed To pay the cost OF such WORK.
But for the icncft OF Andrew ~. Green and o'hcr
NELSON'S interested in large estates. Mir. Shca
propo cs to have the city pay damages In The
future for doing such work in the annexed us
,oct. This will orcn the door 10 take millions
out Of the city treasury.
When the bill TO lay out parks in that DIS
trict was passed the city was Obliged TO paw
all tho cost, although the properly adjoining
Contra. and the other parks had been assessed
for the cost Of laying them out. This property
il now assessed for the cost Of the parks III the
new wards There is certainly no justice IN
this. Two years ago the city was saddlcd with
tho cxpcnso OF the S2COO.OO0 Harlem Bridge
merely TO benefit the property Of n few estates,
| propcrty In the new wards has increased In
value several times over since IT bccamc part
| Of New York, and there is no Justice in adding
! 70 that value ut the expense OF the owners Of
propcrty below the Harlem River. The new
wards pay less than a pcr cent Of the city
taxes. They are literally treated under OK
| sting statutes and there ought to lie a stop TO
! srccial legislation of the kind Mr.. Shea pro
| noses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02

desire to avoid the conventional and commonplace
In the pOrtrsture We are apt to lind color .chsme
often yery clev~rly MANAGED or an exaggeraton II
salient chsrsctertios, but Mr. Chases portraits are
never dali wtnessthe vision of Mephistophelisn fses
surmounted by Q puff OF white smoke, GAM form
and msgican's wand. which introduces ne TO Mr..
whistler OF course this striving tor original elects
sometimes ends In the outre end grUtesque, but ell
these efforts have an interest, and even though We
feel that the artist is still experimenting. be has
arrived at many admirable results. Ii he II not .
draue htsmsn he has natural feeling for color whose
expression is more delightful picto,rsy than upsrrne
is well illustrated here and this collection Of charm
ing drawings soft and rich n color and sprshtly in
II is not worth while now to ask whether this ex-
hibition answers the promise OF ton years since Or
whether this Is serious sr II the artist hss little
to express beyond his love Of his art for Itself he has
nevertheless proved himself talented faciie, brilliant
painter whose work stimulates interest and proyokes
discussion There are many good things Of very
different kinds in art and when We commend this
interesting collection to amateurs and especially 70
the friends of American art we commend work which
Is distinguished by many admirable qualities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02
RFRNWARDT AS CAMILLE.

made her first appearance IN this country since her visit
six years ago the National Theatre this evening be-
fore a large aud enthusiastic audience Among those
present nearly every prominent In social and
official life the Capital The Diplomatic Corps. too,
was well represented The French Minister occupied
box close to the stage Opposite him sat the German
Minister and Mrs Whitney made her first appearance
this season IN public In still another box.
The acting of adame Bcrnhardt differs little from
what American public had opportunity of seeing
during her FIRST II anything 1t has improved In
breadth tenderness and sustained force Herimpersona
ton OF Can, In which she chose To make her first ap
pearance Is well known that extended notice OF II
seems hardly called for The with ArndadS father
thar closing the meeting in the ball room and the last
act drew round after round of applause Tomorrow
Madame Bernhardt appears u Fedora"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02
WY aPARTIsANSHIP" rs A DUTY.


When Republicans cried out against crimes
committed in lehalf Of the Democratic party
in Cincinnati there were some Whose sensitive
souls were offended by this exhibition OF bit
ter partsanship" II has become the habit with
many TO assume that there must lie unIeason-
ahlc, extreme and censIrablc partisanship in
any charge Of crime against the managers OF
an opposing party. and especially in any inn
putation that the leaders OF a great political
party are responsible for crimes committed.
But here comes ex-Govcrnor Hoadly. of Ohio.
and says,
Never again. never again allow an honorable man to
plate had ~ with shame. my name accredited
with 938 votes received in the Fourth Ward and
my Judge Foraker In Precinct A. Fourth Ward ac-
credited with fortysx votes only when he certainly re-
ceyed nearly 200. Lot Il be known that when dishonest
are the promoters OF the frauds are
to be pursued oven into the pentenrary where they DO
long
Governor Foraker defeated Dir. Hoadly be-
cause the .lattcr's Democratic friends did not
count for him enough votes that he did NOT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02
A FISHERIES TRUCE.

The British Government is aDout W Icho"
PROPOSALS for Joint commission or some other
form Of diplomatic settlement OF the fisheries
oues ton. Our London correspondent telegraphs
this morning that Lord Salisbury is sending
this week 10 the British Minister at Washing
ton dispatch that is very different In tone
from the arrogant talk of the Canadian OIL
cials Tho Foreign Office Is believed 10 pe
sincere in its desire 10 prevent recurrence Oh
the seizures and outrages of last year, and ac-
cordngly is addressing the Government al
Washington in a most concillatory manner
II an invitation for the negotiation OF new
and more liberal treaty bc not renewed. IL Is
probable thai temporary truce VIII oe pro
posed in the form Of tentative Interpretation
of the fisheries clauses of the Treaty OF 1919.
In our Judgment such overtures should TIC cool
y received. The chief offence of which the
Canadian officials have been guilty Is the I'M
fricndliness and brutality with which they
have enforced their customs laws against
American fishermen Let the Homo Govern
mcnt warn the Colonial authorities that dis
courtesy and vcvatious persecution must cease
and the interests OF the American feet VIII be
secure. Diplomatic correspondence between
London and Washington is not required In
order to accomplish this result. Ottawa alone
needs to hear from London.
This cable dispatch increases our own regret
that the two houses Of Congress have not been
able to agree upon the form OF a rctahatlon
bill The Stale Department has been en-
trapped once before by the British Minister
into one of these temporary truces. We appre-
bend that it will be Mrcd into another com
promse as discrcditable and unpatriotc. Sec
retary Pay,rd had not been in oilice month
before the British Minister succeeded In eX-
tracting from him promise that the President
should recommend in his first Message the
diplomatic settlement OF The fisheries question
Nv y ,oint commission. Canada wanted the
renewal of tho treaty clauses which Congress
had formally abrogatcd. Secretary Bayard be-
came the willing champion of British interests.
and he has never ccascd 10 regret that he was
not allowed to carry out his compact 1t has
heen Apparent 70 us for the last SIX weeks thai
the Administration did not desire the passage
Of any retaliation act. Chairman Belmont has
been an ally rather than the dupe OF the State
Department. He has succeeded, we fear, in
thwarting a firm consistent dlgnliicd policy
Of commercial retaliation, and left the ground
clear for diplomatic negotiations by which the
honor of the Nation will lie compromised
Have not the gudgcons Of the State Depart
mant, when the British Minister has angled
for them before grccdily swallowed the bait
hook line. sinkcr and all VIII they not do
II again
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02
REPRESSION IN ALSACE-LORRALNE.

KEPRFS>ION Nv HLNdt
Prince bismarck has entered upon another OF
his campaigns Of repression. The return to
the Reichstag of a solid delegation Of Protcs,cIs
from Al ace Lorraine by an increased vote ha'
warned him that the Gcrmanization OF those
provinces haa barely begun. and that in the
event of war a French army in passing the
frontier would lie in a friendly country With
characteristic energy ne devoies himself TO the
oncrous task Of stamping out disoyaty die
begins with an order for the dis olution oil the
,lsatian singing societies. which are suspcc ed
of being under the influence Of the French
Patriotic League This arbitrary act will lie
followed. il is rumored. by a rigorous enforce
mcnt of laws dealing with societies in genera
Associations which exclude Germans from
mem er-hip are to he dissolved French officers
newspaper correspondents and even civilians
are u lie placed under surveillance the teach
ing Of German is to he made compulsory in the
schools and a suspension of electoral rights Il
threatened. AL these measures have the com
mon aim Of -Gcnnanizing" by force the
French provinces. When Prince Bismarck
once enters upon The Ia,pen path OF repression
nc never knows when to stop. Within year
he has rooted ont 35 900 landholder> and work
men in Eastern Poland on the plea that the
Poles do not telong on German soil and are a
,ource of weakness and sedition. He may a.
tempt similar method Of displacement and
colonization In Alsace-LoTaine. BY the pur-
chase of farms he may seek TO plant German
| population where French is now the common
| language
1t is curious to find so practical a statesman
| IS Prince Bismarck committing errors which
| have been made by ono victorious nation aflei
another Rcprcssive legislation has Away
| retarded the process OF assimilation. which
must preccdc the Absorption of the conquered
| province by the conqucring State. The Eng
lish people adopted that policy in Ireland sever
| ii centuries ago, and perscvered in the attcmp
| % root out the native population by trans
planting land owning cOlonists OF their own
Force and colonization have failed alike Il
overcome the resistance Of an alien race. whicf
loved It's own soil. Prince Bismarck has at
tempted TO do In Eastern Prussia what TIM
English failed to accomplish in Ireland ant
he will probably follow up his brutal campaign
against the Poles with furious onslaught up0I
| he French in the frontier provinces but the
r,cos which ha e drawn their blood and strength
from the soil will stand in the way of ruthcs
methods Of expulsion and political persecution
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02
Amusements.

AurpICA AN ART GALLKRIKA-A. 7. Stewart Cohecoon
HssoU OPERA HousE-S-The Skating Rink.
CANvO-S-Erminie ...
nIIY.s THEATKE-2 and s-The Tanning Of the shrew.
Observation-Disclosures
EDEN MUsgE-Waxw0rks
Grand OPERA House, and S-Tin Soldier
HARRIaAE's PARK THEArRE-2 and 6-McSooneys Visi@
JycRIM THEATRE-8-Masks and Faces
MADISON AVE- AND 59TH-sT.-Day and Evenlng-Msx1
mac and Monitor Panorama.
MADISON SQUARE Demonstrations Tanning.
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-8-Jin. the Penman.
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUsE-S-The Huguenou1
NIBLOs GARDES-2 and 6-Alone in London
STANDARD THEATRE-8-Fritz.
STAR THEATRE-S-Lorrane
THALIA-HasemanDs TOechter.
UNION SQUARE THHATRE-S3O-Prfncek Kari
WALLACK's-2 and 8-Harbor Ijghts
6THAvENUE THEATRE-S-Ruddygor&
l4r,,-sT PHEArRE-s-Denman Thompson. pr...
23DsT TABERNACLE near 6th-ave.-cnIls' o'''
7oa and 73O BRoADwGY-Old London street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02

rcccive He frankly aNows the shame and IN
donation with which he realizes that he was
ono of the bencficiaries of the forgery which
Republicans have 20 Indignantly censurcd. There
"a no longer a pretence that the crime was not
committed. Hr. Hoadiy mentions it to warn
HIS party friends that such doings cannot be
safely tolerated. But let us next remember
how far the leaders and members of Mr.. Hoad-
ly's party made themselves responsible for the
offence.
Every Democratic member Of the Legisat-
IRE. without exception, voted repeatedly 10
place and hold in their seats four pcnons whose
sole claim was based on the forgery which
Governor Hoadly admits. For them the $50
votes were counted that they never
rcceiyol: against them the 200 votes
rere cast Of which only about 46 were
counted. It was after the complete exposure
of this crime. after every intelligent citizen
knew that there was fraud amounting to about
100 votes In the returns from one ward, that
every Democratic member Of the Legislature
voted to make the wrong complete and effective
VIII fair men pretend that these votes do no5
make members participants in the offence
Exactly tho same conduct has been witnessed
in Indiana, where every Democratic member
Of the Legislature IL now holding In his scat
:. person placed there by crimes for which the
offenders have been indicted. Exactly the
same conduct is seen in New jersey where
every Democratic member Is now holding In
his seat the person placed there by violation oil
a hallot-box in Camden. No one is ignorant
that these crimes were committed for the pur-
pose of securing for the Democratic party seats
in the United States States Senate. and every
member of that party In two State Legislatures
votes TO this day to hold tho places thus
eeized by violation of law, and to defeat the
expressed will of the people. Is 1t extreme
rartis;,nship TO censure such acts' linen inc
country can never lie governed by tho people
or governed by honest men, until extreme par
tisanship becomes more common.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02

The improvement of The canals is q matter
OF grcat importance to the STATE, and we re-
joice TO note the progress made in the Senate
yesterday by he bill aDpropraing $4,000
for needed work at various points. 1t was Or
dcred to third reading. No new arguments
were offered against the projected improve
ments. but all the Old ones were reiterated
These have Lccn so Of en- refuted that it is sur
prsing to hear iniellgc and wcllinforncd
Senators advancing them with apparent SIN
ccrity Probably they have undue regard for
the prjudices Of their constituencies.
The old Academy of Music has ccaNed to be
the property of stockholders, and for $500 900
has passed into the hands Of w. B. DinSmoTe.
II is announced that it will remain place OF
amusement. for a while at least. This Ii
matter which concerns the new proprietor only
but in the opinion Of many observers the
Academy is now too far out OF the way 10 Oc
long maintaiacd a. successful playhouse Yet
Newly orlers who have a sentimental regard
for tho past will he glad that 1t is not to be
Immediately TUNED into factory or enc
mcnt-hOuc.
District Assembly No. 81, Knights OF Labor.
have solcmnly resolved that the United states
land laws must not be extended to Alaska
lest the first arrivals should grab" the whole
country. They want the late-cOmers TO have
iust as good a chance rs their predecessors
The spirit of aitruSm has male some progress
IN the world since the Middle Ages. tut 1t is
not strong enough vet. We fear. to induce any
bodv TO :. settle - Alaska and make 1t agreeable
to late arrival for nothing. Perhaps Dlslric'
Assembly No. Ga wonld ike to strike out as
atruistic pioneers. Theirs would DC noble
example.
The Corporation Counsel thinks it Is more
or less of hardship that he and his assistants
should have TO engage In legal proceedings t6
sbut ND low resorts 10 this city. From a log
zeal and legal point of view Il Is anomaou.
that the c,t,'s civil law adviser should have IL
,,rosocu,e for msdemcanOIs. when we are pro
v;ded With a set OF Olliials especially INTENDED
for TINT business. But il 10 work that puuh'
nol;cv reau,res TO he done /: and IL 1000 ponce
mon eleven Police Justices. three supcrlo
criminal JUICES and DisIici-AtOrney VIII
a lot of assist ants are not equal 10 the task 0
maintaining order and decency, PERHAPS IL WI
console the Corporation Counsel to reflect tina
no l. pcrforming a noble. self sacrificing wort
An t.,haif of his suffering fdlcw-citizens A
tbs same time 1t mu& lie admitted, there
s,ason In Mr.. Lacombe's lamont.
Elsewhere in Tus TRIBUNE this morning
NAV BE- read the full text Of the proposed treaty
AZ friandship end commerce petwecn lns